Patents by Inventor Stanislav Protasov

Stanislav Protasov has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Trusted data restoration and authentication
    Patent number: 11334443
    Abstract: A method and system for verified data restoration in storage systems is described. The method may include calculating a hash sum relating to initial data for storing in an archive and storing the data into the archive and storing the calculated initial hash sum into a blockchain network. The method may further include retrieving the data from the archive and calculating a retrieved hash sum of the retrieved data. The method may also include comparing the initial hash sum from the blockchain network with the retrieved hash sum. The method may additionally include restoring the data from the archive if the initial hash sum is equivalent to the retrieved hash sum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Inventors: Eugene Aseev, Michael Chadwick, Alexander Tormasov, Stanislav Protasov, Mark Shmulevich, Serguei Beloussov
  • System and method of inspecting archive slices for malware
    Patent number: 11328061
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and method for inspecting archived slices for malware. In one exemplary aspect, the method comprises mounting, to a disk, a first slice of a plurality of slices in a backup archive, wherein the first slice is an image of user data at a first time. The method further comprises detecting a modified block of the mounted, identifying at least one file in the mounted first slice that corresponds to the detected modified block, and scanning the at least one file for viruses and malicious software. In response to detecting that the at least one file is infected, the method comprises generating a cured slice that comprises the user data of the mounted first slice without the at least one file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Acronis International GmbH
    Inventors: Vladimir Strogov, Anatoly Stupak, Andrey Kulaga, Alexey Sergeev, Serguei Beloussov, Stanislav Protasov
  • System and method for disaster recovery using application streaming
    Patent number: 11327850
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and method for disaster recovery using application streaming. In one aspect, a method includes generating a backup image of a computing system having at least one installed application and user data. The generating involves including the user data in the backup image and actively excluding program data files of the at least one installed application from the backup image. The method includes determining an application package specifying the installed application. The application package is stored at an application streaming service. Responsive to detecting a disaster recovery event, the method further includes copying the user data from the backup image to a recovery computing instance, and executing, on the recovery computing instance, a remote application from the application streaming service based on the determined application package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Acronis International GmbH
    Inventors: Anton Enakiev, Vladimir Strogov, Alexey Sergeev, Serguei Beloussov, Stanislav Protasov
  • System and method for data remediation without data loss
    Patent number: 11327848
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for data remediation without data loss. In one exemplary aspect, the method comprises performing, at a first time, a first backup of a plurality of files on a file system of a computer system; tracking changes to any of the plurality of files on the file system after the first time; performing, at a second time, a second backup of the plurality of files on the file system; detecting, based on a scan of the second backup, an infection of the computer system caused by a malicious application; identifying, by the processor, a most recent backup of the file system that does not comprise the infection; in response to determining that the first backup is the most recent backup: restoring the first backup to the file system, and restoring a subset of files on the file system for which authorized changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Acronis International GmbH
    Inventors: Oleg Ishanov, Vladimir Strogov, Igor Kornachev, Andrey Kulaga, Nikolay Grebennikov, Serguei Beloussov, Stanislav Protasov
  • Systems and methods for improving indexer performance by multiplexing data of an underlying index
    Patent number: 11321295
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and method for multiplexing data of an underlying index. In an exemplary aspect, an index handler may generate a plurality of slots and a plurality of data buckets for a traditional index. The index handler may receive, from a software application, a request to access a data file. The index handler may determine whether any slot of the plurality of slots is attached to a respective data bucket of the plurality of data buckets comprising the data file. In response to determining that a first slot of the plurality of slots is attached to a first data bucket comprising the data file, the index handler may enable, via the first data bucket attached to the first slot, access to the data file to the software application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Acronis International GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Andreev, Sergey Onuchin, Hiten Gajjar, Dulitha Gunasekera, Dian Bakti, Prabhuraj Reddy, Yee Chen Lim, Serguei Beloussov, Stanislav Protasov
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING MALICIOUS BEHAVIOR IN PROCESS CHAINS
    Publication number: 20220121742
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and method for malicious behavior detection in processing chains comprising identifying and monitoring events generated by a first process executing on a computing device; storing snapshots of data modified by any of the events; determining a level of suspicion for the first process, wherein the level of suspicion is a likelihood of the first process being attributed to malware based on the data modified by any of the events; in response to determining that the first process is not trusted based on the determined level of suspicion, identifying at least one sub-process of the first process; and restoring, from the snapshots, objects affected by the first process and the at least one sub-process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Vladimir Strogov, Vyacheslav Levchenko, Serguei Beloussov, Sergey Ulasen, Stanislav Protasov
  • System and method of determining boot status of recovery servers
    Patent number: 11288151
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and method for determining a boot status of a failover server. In an exemplary aspect, a method may receive a failover test request for a failover server that provides disaster recovery for a production server, wherein the failover test request queries a successful boot status of the failover server. The method may determine whether a login into the failover server can be performed to execute the failover test request. In response to determining that the login cannot be performed, the method may retrieve server metrics for a failover server from a metric store and may determine a probability of the successful boot status based on both the retrieved server metrics and historic server metrics. In response to determining that the probability is greater than a threshold probability, the method may mark a recovery point of the failover server as validated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Acronis International GmbH
    Inventors: Alexey Yakushkin, Georgy Gomenyuk, Anton Enakiev, Sergey Ulasen, Stanislav Protasov, Serguei Beloussov
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SELECTIVELY RESTORING A COMPUTER SYSTEM TO AN OPERATIONAL STATE
    Publication number: 20220091877
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and method for selectively restoring a computer system to an operational state. In an exemplary aspect, the method may include creating a backup image of the computer system comprising a set of data blocks, detecting that the computer system has begun an initial startup, identifying a subset of the data blocks read from a disk of the computer system during the initial startup. In response to determining that the computer system should be restored, the method may include restoring the subset of the data blocks such that the computer system is operational during startup, and restoring a remaining set of the data blocks from the backup image after the startup of the computer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Alexey Sergeev, Anton Enakiev, Vladimir Strogov, Serguei Beloussov, Stanislav Protasov
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SELECTIVELY RESTORING A COMPUTER SYSTEM TO AN OPERATIONAL STATE
    Publication number: 20220091876
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and method for selectively restoring a computer system to an operational state. In an exemplary aspect, the method may create a backup image of the computer system comprising a set of data blocks, and create and start a virtual machine based on the backup image. The method may identify a subset of the data blocks accessed from the backup image during startup of the virtual machine. In response to determining that the computer system should be restored, the method may restore the subset of the data blocks such that the computer system is operational during startup, and restore a remaining set of the data blocks from the backup image after the startup of the computer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Alexey Sergeev, Anton Enakiev, Vladimir Strogov, Serguei Beloussov, Stanislav Protasov
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO DATA BASED ON PRIVACY OF A USER LOCATION
    Publication number: 20220083680
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and method for securely providing access to data. In one exemplary aspect, a method may comprise receiving a request to access data on a computing device of a user and identifying a location of the computing device. The method may comprise determining whether access to the data is allowed in the location based on a location-based rule of a plurality of location-based rule. The method may comprise, in response to determining that access to the data is allowed in the location, detecting, via sensors of the computing device, (1) at least one other person different from the user or (2) a surveillance device in the location, and determining whether the at least one other person or the surveillance device can view the data without direct access to the computing device. If not, the method may comprise providing access to the data on the computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Alexander Tormasov, Oleg Melnikov, Serguei Beloussov, Stanislav Protasov
  • System and method for data packing into blobs for efficient storage
    Patent number: 11263090
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and method storing data. In an exemplary aspect, a method comprises determining a threshold data size for objects in a target data system; generating a data blob that has an allocated size of at least the threshold data size, wherein the data blob comprises at least one data set; identifying a data set stored in a source data system for backup to the target data system; determining whether a size of the data set is less than the threshold data size; and responsive to determining that the size of the data set is less than the threshold data size, inserting the data set into the data blob; and writing the data blob to the target data system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Acronis International GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Tormasov, Serguei Beloussov, Stanislav Protasov
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ISOLATING PRIVATE INFORMATION IN STREAMED DATA
    Publication number: 20220050924
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and method for isolating private information in streamed data. In an exemplary aspect, a method may comprise receiving a stream of data, for storage in a first storage device, and an indication of how the stream will be utilized by an end user. The method may comprise comparing the indication against a plurality of rules, wherein each rule indicates a type of private information that should be isolated from a given input stream based on a respective indication of usage for the given input stream. The method may comprise identifying and extracting a first type of private information that should be isolated from the stream, modifying the stream by removing the first type of private information from the stream, storing the modified stream in the first storage device, and storing the extracted first type of private information in a different location from the modified stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Alexander Tormasov, Serguei Beloussov, Stanislav Protasov
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SYNTHETIC FILE SCANNING
    Publication number: 20220050899
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and method for synthetic file scanning. In one exemplary aspect, a method may comprise, for each respective file in a plurality of files on a storage device, determining a respective likelihood of the respective file being targeted by the malicious activity, and including, in a subset of files, each respective file in the plurality of files with a respective likelihood that is greater than a threshold likelihood. The method may comprise for each respective file in the subset of files, identifying at least one fragment of the respective file that is susceptible to the malicious activity. The method may comprise extracting and storing at least one fragment from each respective file in a synthetic file, and scanning the synthetic file periodically instead of the plurality of files.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Alexander Tormasov, Serguei Beloussov, Stanislav Protasov
  • System and method of selectively restoring a computer system to an operational state
    Patent number: 11249791
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and method for selectively restoring a computer system to an operational state. In an exemplary aspect, the method may create a backup image of the computer system comprising a set of data blocks and may store the backup image of the computer system in an archive storage database. The method may determine a subset of the data blocks of the backup image that are required to keep the computer system operational. In response to determining that the computer system should be restored, the method may restore the subset of the data blocks such that the computer system is operational during startup, and may restore a remaining set of the data blocks from the backup image after the startup of the computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Acronis International GmbH
    Inventors: Alexey Sergeev, Anton Enakiev, Vladimir Strogov, Serguei Beloussov, Stanislav Protasov
  • Blockchain-based verification of machine learning
    Patent number: 11249982
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and method for machine learning and blockchain-based anti-discrimination validation. The described techniques uses a machine learning model to generate a numerical determination associated with a first person based on an input data set associated with the first person. The numerical determination is further based on a corrective module configured to compensate for prohibited discrimination by the machine learning model. The technique generates a blockchain transaction data structure comprising a state of the machine learning model at the time of generating the numerical determination, a copy of the input data set associated with the person, and an indication of a correction by the machine learning model. The blockchain transaction data structure is recorded or published in a blockchain network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Acronis International GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Tormasov, Serguei Beloussov, Stanislav Protasov
  • Systems and methods for analyzing process chains to detect malicious behavior
    Patent number: 11250126
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and method for malicious behavior detection in processing chains comprising identifying a chain of related processes executing on a computing device; for each respective process in the chain of related processes: monitoring events generated by the respective process; storing snapshots of data modified by any of the events; determining a level of suspicion for the respective process by applying an artificial intelligence (AI) model to the snapshots of data; determining whether the chain of related processes is trusted based on the determined levels of suspicion; and in response to determining that the chain of related processes is not trusted, restoring objects affected by the chain from the snapshots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Acronis International GmbH
    Inventors: Vladimir Strogov, Vyacheslav Levchenko, Serguei Beloussov, Sergey Ulasen, Stanislav Protasov
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BACKING UP DATA IN A LOAD-BALANCED CLUSTERED ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20220043720
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and method for backing up data in a load-balanced clustered environment. A clustered resource to be backed up is selected, wherein the clustered resource is stored on a common storage system and operated on by a cluster-aware application executing on at least a first node and a second node of a computing cluster. A load-balanced application may migrate the clustered resource from the first node with a high-load consumption to the second node with low-load consumption. A list of changes made by both nodes are received and merged. A backup agent then generates a consistent incremental backup using data retrieved from the common storage system according to the merged list of changes to the clustered resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Anatoly Stupak, Dmitry Kogtev, Serguei Beloussov, Stanislav Protasov
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATING FORMATION AND EXECUTION OF A BACKUP STRATEGY
    Publication number: 20220035713
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and method for forming and executing a backup strategy. In one aspect, an exemplary method comprises forming a respective backup strategy for each respective file of a plurality of files stored in a data source based on a frequency of occurrence, a desired recovery time, and a criticality of data loss for the respective file. The method further comprises executing the respective backup strategy for the respective file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Stanislav Protasov, Serguei Beloussov, Dmitry Martynov, Sergey Ulasen
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MASKING USER IDENTITY IN DIGITAL INTERACTIONS
    Publication number: 20220019691
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for protecting user data. In one aspect, an exemplary method comprises, by a hardware processor, detecting one or more user files modified by a user on a user device; identifying user actions executed by the user to modify the one or more user files; training a machine learning algorithm to identify whether an arbitrary user action is performed by the user, wherein the user actions used by the user to modify the one or more user files are comprised in a training dataset of the machine learning algorithm; detecting a user action to modify a user file; determining, using the machine learning algorithm, whether the user action classifies as being performed by the user; and in response to determining that the machine learning algorithm classifies the user action as being performed by the user, modifying the user action to mask an identity of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Serguei Beloussov, Oleg Melnikov, Alexander Tormasov, Stanislav Protasov
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING IDENTIFIABLE USER DATA
    Publication number: 20220019692
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for protecting user data. In one aspect, an exemplary method comprises, by a hardware processor, detecting one or more user files, created by a user, that are on a user device; generating user transactional data associated with one or more detected network-based interactions with a service provider by the user, and user behavior data based on one or more user interactions with a graphical user interface of the user device by the user; generating a user classification using a machine learning model that classifies the user based on the one or more user files, the user transactional data, and the user behavior data; and when the user is identifiable based on the user classification, modifying at least one of the one or more user files stored on the user device and user behavior of the user during an operation of the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Serguei Beloussov, Oleg Melnikov, Alexander Tormasov, Stanislav Protasov